Judge Advocate
General Branch
(Pakistan)
The Judge Advocate General Branch is a military administrative and the combined
staff service branch of the Pakistan Army.: 431 [2][3]
Judge Advocate General Branch
Badge of Pakistan Army
Active 1960[1]
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
Type Combined and
combat support
service
Role Administrative and
staffing oversight
of military law and
courts.
Size Varies
HQ/Garrison Army GHQ in
Rawalpindi,
Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname(s) JAG
Colors White and Green
Identification
Anniversaries 1959
Engagements Military history of
Pakistan
Decorations Military
Decorations of
Pakistan military
Commanders
Judge Advocate Maj-Gen. Ghulam
General Jaffar
Notable Gen. Zia-ul-Haq
commanders Gen. Rahimuddin
Khan
Insignia
War Flag
The Judge Advocate General Branch is an army's branch,: 47 [3] but it has provided the
legal services and justice to all branches of the Pakistani military and processes the
proceedings of the field general courts-martial on occasions.: 431–432 [2]
Overview
In 1959, the Pakistan Air Force was the first military service that established the
Judge Advocate General Department in a response to a need of introducing
specialization in the legal field.: 47 [1] In fact, all members of the JAG are law graduates
but not necessarily a member of the Pakistan Bar Council.: 47 [1] Since 1960, each
branch of the Pakistani military now has its own JAG department but functions
similarly to that of the army's JAG branch.[4]: 59 [1]
The JAG provides consultation to the Chiefs of Staff in the Pakistani military on legal
matters relating to the military law.: 46 [1]
Since the 2015, the General Lawfare Directorate (GLD) of the army has now oversees
the legal proceedings of the Judge Advocate General at all levels of command–
which is usually head by an active-duty major-general as its director.[5][6] From 1947–
2014, the army JAG was proceeding of its general court-martial which was overseen
by the Brigadier.[7] Services of the army's JAG includes the military judges, warrant
officers, paralegal noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted personnel, and other
civilian employees.[8]
In spite of the series of lawsuits filed against the army's JAG at the Supreme Court of
Pakistan in 2008–10, the military justices and punishments sentenced by the army's
JAG is barred from challenging its proceedings in the civilian courts— a clause that
protected in the Constitution of Pakistan.[9] [10] The Director-General of the General
Lawfare Directorate works under the Chief of General Staff but report directly to the
Chief of Army Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.: 55 [2]: 47–48 [3]
Court-martialed officers of
the Pakistan Armed
Forces
Pilot officer Anwar Peerzada -
Pakistan Air Force
Lt-General Javed Iqbal - Pakistan
Army
Major-General Zahirul Islam Abbasi
- Pakistan Army
Major-General Tajammul Hussain
Malik - Pakistan Army
Lieutenant-Colonel Raja Nadir
Pervez - Pakistan Army
Colonel Shahid Bashir - Pakistan
Army
Squadron Leader Nadeem Ahmad
Shah- Pakistan Air Force
Major (R) Adil Raja - Pakistan Army
Captain (R) Haider Raza Mehdi -
Pakistan Army
See also
Judge advocate general
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq -
notable JAG judge who headed
numerous courts-martial of
Pakistani army officers
Notes
1. Military Law Review (https://books.go
ogle.com/books?id=EnxNAQAAMAAJ
&q=Pakistan%20Army) . Ohio:
Headquarters, Department of the
Army. 1973. Retrieved 9 December
2023.
2. The Pakistan Code: With
Chronological Table and Index (http
s://books.google.com/books?id=yfw9
AQAAIAAJ&q=judge+advocate+gene
ral) . Manager of Publications. 1966.
Retrieved 7 December 2023.
3. Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The
Armed Forces of Pakistan (https://bo
oks.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyR
v5oC&dq=judge+advocate+general+p
akistan+army&pg=PA47) . NYU Press.
ISBN 978-0-8147-1633-5. Retrieved
7 December 2023.
4. Army, Pakistan (1960). The Army
Regulations: Index to rules &
instructions (https://books.google.co
m/books?id=CTUdAAAAMAAJ) .
Frontier Exchange Press. Retrieved
9 December 2023.
5. Asad, Malik (2 January 2015). "Army
gears up for legal battles" (https://epa
per.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?Story
Image=02_01_2015_004_002) . Dawn
Epaper. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
6. Cheema, Umar (8 June 2010). "Lal
Masjid commandos seek Supreme
Court's intervention:Denied copies of
court martial proceedings; ISPR
declines comments" (http://www.then
ews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=
29350) . The News International.
Islamabad, Islamabad Capital
Territory: Jang Group of Newspapers.
7. Asad, Malik (17 January 2015). "Army
retires JAG just as military courts
formed" (https://www.dawn.com/new
s/1157573) . DAWN.COM. Dawn
newspaper. Dawn newspaper.
Retrieved 9 December 2023.
8. Jha, Wing Commander (Dr) U. C. (15
August 2016). Pakistan Army:
Legislator, Judge and Executioner:
Legislator, Judge and Executioner (htt
ps://books.google.com/books?id=Ub
2rDwAAQBAJ&dq=Judge+Advocate+
General+pakistan&pg=PT51) . KW
Publishers Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-
86288-30-1. Retrieved 9 December
2023.
9. "Axed Pakistan Army commando
opposed to 'Lal Masjid' operation still
denied justice" (http://www.thaindian.
com/newsportal/south-asia/axed-pak
-army-commando-opposed-to-lal-mas
jid-operation-still-denied-justice_1003
76986.html) .
10. "Civilian Courts cannot interfere in
Military Courts decisions:Supreme
Court of Pakistan" (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20100720043519/http://w
ww.jang.com.pk/jang/jul2010-daily/1
7-07-2010/main2.htm) (in Urdu).
Jang Group. 17 July 2010. pp. 3–4.
Archived from the original (http://jan
g.com.pk/jang/jul2010-daily/17-07-20
10/main2.htm) on 20 July 2010.
External links
"Pakistan Armed Forces on X" (http
s://twitter.com/PakistanFauj?ref_sr
c=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5E
serp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) . X
(formerly Twitter). Retrieved
9 December 2023.
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